Garage Flooring Is Worth the Investment

By Tom Turner

One of the best home improvement projects you could plan would be to add value to your garage. The garage flooring is a very important aspect to the entire look and feel of a garage. You might be surprised how much value you can add to your home with a nice decorative garage floor.

There are some very good reasons to add a nice flooring surface to your garage or shop. If you spend allot of time in your garage you may be thinking about the safety factors involved with our garage floor. By simply adding a garage floor mat you can make your garage much safer to walk on and work in.

Garage flooring mats come in many styles and color and can add some nice value to your home. Mats are easy to install and this is a project you can complete on your own without hiring a contractor and a lot of added expenses. The added value can really make a huge divergence if you plan to sell your home in the near future.

If you are more concerned about the wear and tear on your flooring then you may want to consider a sealant type of surface. Again, there are many good ones on the market that you can apply on your own saving you hundreds of dollars. A sealant will help keep stains and other spills from working into the concrete and causing all kinds of damage.

One of the great things about a mat or sealant for your garage flooring is the fact that you can always add a new mat or apply some new sealant every few years. The new look will keep things interesting and safe for you and your family.

You can find many products online, but you may find some good deals at your local home improvement stores. The best time to shop for this type of material is in the off season. No matter what type of garage flooring choose you are sure to make a notable improvement to the old stained concrete floor that most people have.

Swisstrax Interlocking Floor Tiles: Never Has Flooring Induced So Much Garage Envy

A whole new level of garage gear obsession. [click on image]

from Gear Patrol

If you are anything like me, then your garage serves as a multifunctional part of your home. It’s a place to park your vehicles, store your tools, hide your toys, and, just maybe, hide yourself. If your garage is anything like my garage, then its floor looks like absolute crap. Enter Swisstrax.

Originally hailing from Switzerland but now manufactured in California, Swisstrax represents Gear Patrol’s new favorite innovation from the neutral nation, coming out of nowhere to unseat Ricola cough drops and holey cheese. Swisstrax offers six different styles of tile, some of which are available in fourteen different colors. Even better, their website features a floor designer whereby you can layout a custom floor and easily order all the pieces you’ll need. Here’s a tip: the square tiles lend themselves perfectly to oversized renderings of your favorite 8-bit game characters (think Mario, the size of a Mazda).

Their various designs suit garages, workout rooms, airplane hangars, and more. Each tile features a hefty complement of snap locks to secure it to its brethren, and a four point injection molding process that allows a Swisstrax floor to withstand up to 40,000 pounds of roll-over compression. Even if you could overwhelm this floor system with the sheer bulk of your man-toys, you’d be backed by a 12 year warranty. My favorite feature is simply a function of the tiles interlocking design. Unlike other floor coatings and coverings, the tiles are inherently portable and reusable. Consider me impressed.

The best way to test garage flooring, get a Ferrari F430. [Courtesy: Swisstrax]

Gear Patrol Hands-On: GP procured Swisstrax floor tiling for hands-on testing. We pinched, pulled, stomped, and even bit the Swisstrax with all of our combined might. Nary a scratch was made. Conclusion: this is one tough tile.